A little promo piece I put together for issue 2. If you’re a Trainspotting fan, well, you probably got the homage right off the bat. If you aren’t a Trainspotting fan, well…it’s a Trainspotting reference, so there you go.

The whole idea came up from the first page of issue 2, here’s how the script read:PAGE 1

PANEL 1.1SPLASH: FINCH and DEX run down the sidewalk of a city street— bothcarry BAGS OF MONEY (comically labeled with the $ sign) and wearing ESKIMO
OUTITS— in the background, there’s a BANK that is covered in ICE. Finch is
grinning like a madman. Dex is concerned.

Fighting in the background is FROSTBITE (Think Mr.
Freeze) and THE BLUE ARROW, kind of a Hawkeye/Green Arrow clone, and they’re duking it out.

— And here’s what Jim turned that into:

Now, what’s funny about this is: I never noted in the script what time of day this scene was taking place at. I had sort of envisioned it as a night gig. Jim, on the other hand, got a “Lust for Life”/Trainspotting kind of vibe from the scene, which is what he put into the page.

From there, we started talking about our mutual love of the opening scene of the film, and…well, that’s where our little promo text was born!

If I was better at photoshop, I would have tried to do a cutout text thing over the top of the opening splash page— but alas…

Spock: “History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant. You must have faith.”
Valeris: “Faith?”
Spock: “That the universe will unfold as it should.”
Valeris: “But is that logical? Surely we must…..”
Spock: “Logic, logic, and logic….. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.”